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... Affair of the " Carolina 1840 Affair of the " Creole " ; Ashburton Treaty · 1842 Annexation of Texas Outbreak of Mexican War 1845 • · 1846 lupe Hidalgo , February 2nd Capture of the city of Mexico , September 14th ; disputes with Great ...
... Affair of the " Carolina 1840 Affair of the " Creole " ; Ashburton Treaty · 1842 Annexation of Texas Outbreak of Mexican War 1845 • · 1846 lupe Hidalgo , February 2nd Capture of the city of Mexico , September 14th ; disputes with Great ...
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... affairs of life . Men bought and sold and got wealth , and rich merchants occupied positions of great dignity in the state . In handicrafts they were perhaps scarcely equal to the Peruvians ; but in other and more important matters they ...
... affairs of life . Men bought and sold and got wealth , and rich merchants occupied positions of great dignity in the state . In handicrafts they were perhaps scarcely equal to the Peruvians ; but in other and more important matters they ...
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... affairs under its own chief . Each tribe was governed by a hereditary head chief , but , as is always the case where there are no written laws and scarcely a fixed system of government , the authority of these head chiefs varied greatly ...
... affairs under its own chief . Each tribe was governed by a hereditary head chief , but , as is always the case where there are no written laws and scarcely a fixed system of government , the authority of these head chiefs varied greatly ...
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... affairs , every man's wits were called out to the utmost , and no one was suffered to become a mere machine . Their two chief pursuits , hunting and war , had the same effect . For hunting , especially when done not for sport but to get ...
... affairs , every man's wits were called out to the utmost , and no one was suffered to become a mere machine . Their two chief pursuits , hunting and war , had the same effect . For hunting , especially when done not for sport but to get ...
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... affairs , and had not leisure enough for a subject of such importance and difficulty . For there could not be a harder task than to restrain such men as the conquerors of Mexico and Peru . They were for the most part reckless men , and ...
... affairs , and had not leisure enough for a subject of such importance and difficulty . For there could not be a harder task than to restrain such men as the conquerors of Mexico and Peru . They were for the most part reckless men , and ...
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